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Country and Regional Reports on GEOSS-related Activities Ms. Taniya Koswatta Coordinator, APN Secretariat

What is APN • An inter-governmental network of 22 countries in the Asia- Pacific to foster global change research in the region – Supporting regional cooperation in global change research on issues particularly relevant to the region – Strengthening appropriate interactions among scientists and policymakers , and providing scientific input to policy decision-making and scientific knowledge to the public – Improving the scientific and technical capabilities of nations in the region including the transfer of know-how and technology – Cooperating with other global change networks and organisations Donors Member countries

Established 1996 1999-2004 First Strategic Plan Total 370 2005-2010 Projects Second Strategic Plan 206 ARCP 129 CAPaBLE 35 Focused Call 2010-2015 *up to 2014 Third Strategic Plan 2015-2020 Fourth Strategic Plan

APN Financial Resources Distribution $4,000,000 60 $3,500,000 50 $3,000,000 40 $2,500,000 $2,000,000 30 $1,500,000 20 $1,000,000 10 $500,000 $- - 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total Number of Project Contracts Total Financial Resources Total Distributed Projects Funds

Major Activities (2014/2015) APN core Programme ARCP/CAPaBLE

Proposal Development Training Workshops Since 2008 APN has organised 11 PDTWs, Sub-Regional Distributions of under the 3 rd Strategic evaluation APN PDTWs Young Scientists has evaluated the outcome – Trained 186 young scientists in the Asia- Pacific Pacific region. 170 young scientists from 14% developing countries SA TEA 36% – Involved experts from the APN Scientific 16% Planning Group and 18 external experts – Outcomes - 9 Projects and 2 Proposals SEA 2014 Annual Sub-Regional PDTW will be 34% held in Lao from 9 th to 11 th July 2014

• Sub-Regional Committees (SRC) was APN proposed at the 11th Inter- Governmental Meeting (IGM) Sub-Regional • Objectives; committees • Identifying and discussing scientific research, capacity development and other related needs that are common to the sub- region; Southeast Asia • To address the need for stronger links South Asia between science and policy Temperate East Asia • Enhance sub-regional activities and collaboration as well as to develop and promote the APN in their sub- region and beyond. Updates- • – 3 proposals have been developed to address the sub-regional issues – South Asia Science Policy Dialogue January 2015,in Pune, India “Global Environmental Change: Reducing Risk and Increasing Resilience”

Partnership Programme (co-financing mechanism) to Enhance Developing Countries Participation Awarded Project Blue Lines-Direct Financial support to APN Black Lines-Project financial support from APN Green Lines-Project leaders distribute the project funds among the collaborators Red Lines-Project Reporting & evaluation

GEOSS-related Activities

APN GEOSS Mission- enable investigations of Purpose- achieve comprehensive, changes in the Earth’s life support coordinated and sustained observations of systems and their implications for the Earth system, in order to improve sustainable development in the Asia- monitoring of the state of the Earth, increase Pacific region. understanding of Earth processes, and enhance prediction of the behavior of the Contribute, from the science Earth system perspective, to the development of policy options for appropriate Addressing nine areas of critial importance responses to global change that will to people and society also contribute to sustainable Disaster Health development. Energy Climate ARCP and CAPaBLE Water Weather Low Carbon Initiatives Framework Ecosystem Agriculture Biodiversity and Ecosystem Framework Biodiversity Climate Adaptation Framework Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3R ) Initiatives

ARCP and CAPaBLE programme GEOSS- Improving water resource management through better understanding of the water cycle APN has financial supported 10 projects (773,193 USD) related to GEOSS. Seven projects are directly related Asian Water Cycle Initiative 1. GEOSS/Asian water Cycle Initiative/Water Cycle Integrator (GEOSS/AWCI/WCI) 2. River Management System Development in Asia based on Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) under the GEOSS 3. Climate Change Impact Assessment on the Asia-Pacific Water Resources under AWCI/GEOSS” 4. "Flood Risk Management Demonstration Project (phase 1) under the Asian Water Cycle Initiative for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (FRM/AWCI/GEOSS)" 5. International Integrated Water Data Access and Transfer in Asia (IIWaDATA) Project 6. Impact of Climate Change on Glacier Melting and Water Cycle Variability in Asian River Basins 7. Demonstration Study on Advancing Global Change Research Approaches Based on Inter- Agency Collaboration and Data Infrastructure of GENESI and GeoBrain 8. Drought Monitoring System Development by Integrating In-Situ Data, Satellite Data and Numerical Model Output 9. The Global Earth Observation System of Systems Asian Water Cycle Initiative Observation Convergence and Data Integration (GEOSS/AWCI/OCDI) 10. The Capacity Building for Drought Monitoring and Studying in Monsoon Asia Under the Framework of Asian Water Cycle Initiative (AWCI)

2014 ARCP & CAPaBLE 2013 call for proposal APN introduce 4 priority areas for funding. 1. Water security (inland and ocean): in the face of extreme events; including management, quantity, quality, etc.; • Developing an Operational Water Security Index and Its Application in Selected Diverse Regions of Asia- ARCP2014-16NMY-Babel Climate Change Adaptation through Optimal Storm water Capture Measures: • Towards a New Paradigm for Urban Water Security- ARCP2014-20NMY-Mishra • Assessment of Climate-Induced Long-term Water Availability in Ganges Basin and Impacts on Energy Security in South Asia- ARCP2014-22NMY-Zhou • Collaborative Monitoring System for Enhanced Watershed Management Services in the Philippines-CBA2014-03NSY-Cruz 2. Climate Impacts on health GEOSS- Understanding environmental factors affecting human health and well- being • Assessing the Health Effects of Extreme Temperatures and the Development of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in the Asia Pacific Region (Seed grant)

Low Carbon Initiatives Framework GEOSS - Improving management of energy resources APN has financial supported (460,000USD) 2 capacity development activities and 5 regional researches • 3 projects are addressing need of Improving management of energy resources • 3 projects related to low carbon city policies (with direct involvement of policy markers) Proposed Future activities • Based on LCI project output, APN expects to produce a synthesis report & policy brief on LCI project outputs. • Collaboration with LoCARNet • 2014 Annual sub regional proposal development training workshop ( July 2014) -“Green Economy as related to the Energy Sector”

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (3R ) Initiatives The scoping meeting (June 2014) will aims; • To explore the most important topics under 3R agenda and its relation to energy for the region, • Review works undertaken (particularly case studies) • Discuss needs and opportunities on research and capacity development activities that will support APN’s developing countries to promote a science oriented 3R policy in relation to energy efficiency. Under the 3R frameworks; • Promotion of the implementation of waste incinerator for power generation and waste to energy (biogas, biofuel). What are the factors for enabling environment? • Creating enabling environment to promote 3R practice. How to enhance the capacity to raise awareness on 3R? What are the incentives for 3R implementation? How can policy and regulation support the 3R implementation? • Social and environmental impact assessment of waste management scenario. • Partnerships and multi stakeholders’ involvement in 3R implementation. • Scaling up community-based 3R efforts.

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Framework (B&ES) GEOSS- Ecosystems: Improving the management and protection of terrestrial, coastal and marine resources Biodiversity: Understanding, monitoring and conserving biodiversity Four Thematic Areas under the APN B&ES Framework 1. Identification of drivers and pressures for biodiversity change that influence ecosystem services (land-use change; climate change, etc.) 2. Assessment of the impacts of biodiversity loss and vulnerability to the shrinking of ecosystem services 3. Prediction of changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services through model-based scenarios 4. Adaptation, response and mitigation of the depletion of biodiversity and ecosystem Services APN activities • APN became stakeholder to Inter-governmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) • “Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop on Regional Interpretation of the IPBES Conceptual Framework and Knowledge Sharing” Republic of Korea APN approved 5 projects at the 19 th IGM (2014) related to B&ES Framework two • regional researches 145,000 USD three Capacity development activities 120,000 USD • Partnership with UN-CECAR to develop a toolkit for Climate Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services. APN looking for partners for the toolkit development GEOBON?